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C. R. EVERSON.

Foot Warmer.

Patented Nov. 6, 1866.

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NI'IED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES R. EVERSON, OF PALMYRA, NEW YORK.

FOOT-WARM.ER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,374, dated November6, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. EVERSON, of Palmyra, in the county ofWayne and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Foot-Warmers, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a vertical longitudinal central section of my improvedfoot-warmer. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through the line as m,Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object the furnish-v ing a convenient apparatusfor heating footstools, foot-stoves, flatirons, &c.; and it consists incombining a kerosene-lamp having a metallic chimney with ahorizontaltube, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the ends, B the sides, and O the top, of the foot-warmer.

The upper part or top of the foot-warmer is slotted longitudinally, asshown in the drawings. In this slot is placed a tube, E, with its endsresting in notches formed in the upper ends of the end pieces, A, of thefoot-warmer.

- Beneath the foot-warmer is placed a kerosenelamp, F, proportioned insize to the required amount of heat. Attached to the chimneyseat of thislamp, in the ordinary manner, is a metallic chimney, G, made ofsheet-tin or of any other suitable metal. This metallic chimney G isconnected with the horizontal tube E by having its upper end enter ashort vertical pipe, H, descending from the tube E, the connection beingsimilar to the connections or joints of a stove-pipe, as shown inFig. 1. The tube or pipe E may be made round or flat, as may beconvenient, and should have its ends open to secure a good draft to thelamp. By forming the pipe E with elbows the heatedair from the lamp maybe conducted in various directions and to a considerable distance.

The apparatus may be applied to various purposes, such as heatingfoot-warmers, footstoves, flat-irons, boiling water, cooking, &c.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination ofa kerosene-oil lamp having a metallic chimney with a horizontal tube orpipe, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

CHARLES R. EVERSON. Witnesses:

W. F. ALDRICH, GEO. W. OUYLER, STEPHEN P. SEYMOUR.

